Ecuador vs Portugal: Potatoes — Area harvested
Potatoes — Area harvested over time
- Ecuador
- Portugal
How they compare
Portugal currently reports 16,460 ha against 13,689 ha in Ecuador, a difference of 2,771 ha.
That makes Portugal's figure about 1.2 times Ecuador's.
The two have swapped places 2 times across 64 shared years of data; in 1961 it was Portugal ahead.
Ecuador ranks 83rd and Portugal ranks 80th of 153 countries.
Across the 7 decades both report, Ecuador averaged higher in 3 and Portugal in 4.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Ecuador | Portugal | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 40,378 ha | 110,140 ha | 69,762 ha | Portugal |
| 1970s | 39,457 ha | 121,634 ha | 82,177 ha | Portugal |
| 1980s | 39,986 ha | 124,567 ha | 84,581 ha | Portugal |
| 1990s | 58,441 ha | 91,038 ha | 32,598 ha | Portugal |
| 2000s | 48,882 ha | 41,942 ha | 6,940 ha | Ecuador |
| 2010s | 33,332 ha | 24,150 ha | 9,182 ha | Ecuador |
| 2020s | 18,716 ha | 15,956 ha | 2,760 ha | Ecuador |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher potatoes — area harvested, Ecuador or Portugal?
- Portugal, at 16,460 ha against 13,689 ha in Ecuador as of 2024.
- What is the difference in potatoes — area harvested between Ecuador and Portugal?
- 2,771 ha, with Portugal ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Ecuador and Portugal?
- 64 years are reported by both, from 1961 to 2024.
- How do Ecuador and Portugal rank globally for potatoes — area harvested?
- Ecuador ranks 83rd and Portugal ranks 80th of 153 countries.
- Where does this data come from?
- Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, published as Potatoes — Area harvested. Statizoid refreshes it automatically from the source and publishes the full history for both places.
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About this data
Crop and livestock statistics are recorded for 278 products, covering the following categories: 1) CROPS PRIMARY: Cereals, Citrus Fruit, Fibre Crops, Fruit, Oil Crops, Oil Crops and Cakes in Oil Equivalent, Pulses, Roots and Tubers, Sugar Crops, Treenuts and Vegetables. Data are expressed in terms of area harvested, production quantity and yield. Cereals: Area and production data on cereals relate to crops harvested for dry grain only. Cereal crops harvested for hay or harvested green for food, feed or silage or used for grazing are therefore excluded. 2) CROPS PROCESSED: Beer of barley; Cotton lint; Cottonseed; Margarine, short; Molasses; Oil, coconut (copra); Oil, cottonseed; Oil, groundnut; Oil, linseed; Oil, maize; Oil, olive, virgin; Oil, palm; Oil, palm kernel; Oil, rapeseed; Oil, safflower; Oil, sesame; Oil, soybean; Oil, sunflower; Palm kernels; Sugar Raw Centrifugal; Wine. 3) LIVE ANIMALS: Animals live n.e.s.; Asses; Beehives; Buffaloes; Camelids, other; Camels; Cattle; Chickens; Ducks; Geese and guinea fowls; Goats; Horses; Mules; Pigeons, other birds; Pigs; Rabbits and hares; Rodents, other; Sheep; Turkeys. 4) LIVESTOCK PRIMARY: Beeswax; Eggs (various types); Hides buffalo, fresh; Hides, cattle, fresh; Honey, natural; Meat (ass, bird nes, buffalo, camel, cattle, chicken, duck, game, goat, goose and guinea fowl, horse, mule, Meat nes, meat other camelids, Meat other rodents, pig, rabbit, sheep, turkey); Milk (buffalo, camel, cow, goat, sheep); Offals, nes; Silk-worm cocoons, reelable; Skins (goat, sheep); Snails, not sea; Wool, greasy. 5) LIVESTOCK PROCESSED: Butter (of milk from sheep, goat, buffalo, cow); Cheese (of milk from goat, buffalo, sheep, cow milk); Cheese of skimmed cow milk; Cream fresh; Ghee (cow and buffalo milk); Lard; Milk (dry buttermilk, skimmed condensed, skimmed cow, skimmed dried, skimmed evaporated, whole condensed, whole dried, whole evaporated); Silk raw; Tallow; Whey (condensed and dry); Yoghurt.